SC vs. Carrera brake pad prices!

[thulsadoom]

Holy 'Moly!

Just got a set of front Carreras for my 1980SC and... yikes! $141 vs. $63 for pads alone! Rears are also 2x! Wow... I thought they were rather similar.

Oh well.. small change in the grand scheme, but unexpected the way that some time happens...

[Jim Smolka]

According to BA's book, the Carreras had thicker rotors front and rear than the SC's. Carreras also had larger rear caliper pistons.

At first, I thought something was off about the difference in cost btwn SC & Carrera. So I went on PP and I found this:

Ferodo, Front Brake Pad Set, Steel 'A' Caliper, 911/912E (late 1975-83)
PEL-PP-901811 $40.40


Ferodo, Front Brake Pad Set, 911 Carrera (1984-89)
PEL-PP-901815 $141.55

There is a huge difference in price.

Then I found that one set that fit both SC's and Carreras.

BHP Performance Brake Pad Set - A Caliper, FRONT 911 (1974-89)
BHP-S0011 $156.75

[IROC]

I think the pads are the same. The only possible difference is that the Carrera pads *can* have the notch for the sensor. Otherwise, the pads are identical. I have been using "SC" pads in my Carrera calipers for years. No sense in paying a price differential unless you really need the notch for the sensor.

Mike

[Bill Verburg]

As Mike(IROC) has said, the pads are tahe same except that the Carrers have provisions for sensors which aren't needed,

[thulsadoom]

Thanks for the advice folks, I'll go with the SC pads.

Any advice on pad brands? I was just going to get the Ferodos on PP, but I noticed a set of Duralasts on ebay for all of ten bucks, but that somehow seem dubious.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200029304179

[Bill Verburg]

For street use i always liked Repco Metalmasters now sold as Axis or PBR Metalmasters.

Others have voiced a preference for Ferodo 2500.

[randywebb]

Older BV advice and some other experts:




normal street type pad that works well when cool to luke warm.
Good choices:
* Axxix/ PBR metal master
* Pagid Blue
* Ferodo 2500
* textar yellow box
* PFC carbon metalic
* Jurid
* Hawk HPS

- Bill V.

Steve Weiner likes either Mintex "red box" or Ferodo 3410 pads for
street use

Pete Zimmerman likes Jurid or Textar


- I am too lazy to change out the Orange Pagids on my street car, but someday I will...

[rfuerst911sc]

The Ferodos I recently purchased from our host worked great at my 1st DE at Sebring and were reasonably priced. Support our host you won't regret it.

[Bill Verburg]

One of the very nice features of the Metalmasters was the very low dust levels.

Pagid Blue, Jurid, Textar all throw off huge amounts of dust.

Never used the others

[SLO-BOB]

Originally posted by Bill Verburg
For street use i always liked Repco Metalmasters now sold as Axis or PBR Metalmasters.

Others have voiced a preference for Ferodo 2500.

I just ordered a set of Metalmasters from our host. They were about $100 less per pair than the price thulsadoom was given for the Carrera pads. And my car is a C2! My total was about $90 shipped. I'm pretty sure the pads will have a provision for the sensor-which I bypassed anyway.

Also, Pelican only lists the front pads for the Metalmaster C2 app., but unless I'm mistaken, The fronts are the same as the rears.